I have been taking note of my router stats over the last few times when re-syncing my Home Hub 2 router and seem to be seeing a pattern with my low output power giving low connection speeds.
I have re-synced the router 6 times over the last 3 weeks to see if I can improve my current connection to that which I used to get.
1st resync connection was 1184/416 with output power of 1.9dBm/0.9dBm. (noise margin 12.5/6.0)
2nd resync was 1152/448 with output power of 1.9dBm/0.9dBm (tested straight out of BT test socket). (noise margin 12.7/7.0)
3rd resync was 1344/448 with output power of 2.1dBm/0.9dBm (tested straight out of BT test socket with a different adsl filter). (noise margin 13.1/6.0)
4th resync was 1248/416 with output power of 2.0dBm/0.9dBm (tested straight out of BT test socket with the different adsl filter). (noise margin 13.2/6.0)
5th resync was 1056/448 with output power of 1.8dBm/0.9dBm (tested straight out of BT test socket with the different adsl filter). (noise margin 15.9/6.0)
6th resync was 1024/448 with output power of 1.7dBm/0.9dBm (tested straight out of BT test socket with the different adsl filter). (noise margin 13.0/6.0) (4 days 53mins ago)
There seems to be a pattern here. What sets the output power and is it adjustable? I used to have a steady connection of 1856 (IP profile of 1500) until one morning I noticed very slow speeds and started switching off now and again at random times of day to see if I could get the connection rate to improve.
Current stats are as follows:
Line state Connected
Connection time 4 days, 00:53:42
Downstream 1,024 Kbps
Upstream 448 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI 0/38
Type PPPoA
Modulation G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up) 10.0 dB / 6.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up) 66.7 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up) 1.7 dBm / 0.9 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote) 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote) 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote) 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Down/Up) 6035 / 863
CRC Errors (Down/Up) 89 / 390
HEC Errors (Down/Up) 231 / 290
Error Seconds (Local/Remote) 52 / 187
My previous router (Belkin 7632 ver. 8) used to report very low output figures as well. Strangel my line attenuation figures have changed slightly as well (67.3/31.5, 66.5/31.5, 66.8/31.5, 67.2/31.5, 66.7/31.5!)